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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Pocahontas / c.1872 |
| Date | c.1872 |
| Record ID | 493497 |
| Collection Name | Mcloughlin Competitors |
| Reference | McL-CompB031 |
| Theme | Race, Ethnicity and Racism Family and Relationships |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's poetry Children's songs Picture books for children Indians of North America Tattooing |
| Author | Davis, Francis (1810-1885) |
| Publisher | Nimmo, William P |
| Places | Edinburgh |
| Document Type | Pamphlet Picture Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1872 Poems--1872 Songs Publishers' advertisements--Scotland--Edinburgh Color printing (Printing) Color printing (Printing)--Plates Pictorial bindings (Binding) Printed wrappers (Binding) Chromolithographs Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | [8] p., [4] leaves of plates : col. ill., music ; 20 x 29 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Music, verse, and pictures. "Told in verse by Francis Davis."--p. [3]. "The antient music by B. Hobson Carroll."--p. [2]. Cover title. Series from head of title. At head of cover, "Price one shilling." At foot of cover, "Marcus Ward & Co." Marcus Ward & Co. operated in London and Belfast. According to Bibliography of American literature entry 12854, Marcus Ward's royal illuminated legends series was listed in the Publishers' circular and booksellers' record (London) on Nov. 16, 1872. First and last page blank; pasted to cover. Cover and plates lithographed in color. Images portray Native American male warriors with full body tattoos. "Amusement and instruction for the young. ... The royal illuminated legends ... Each story, or legend, is illustrated with a set of brilliant pictures, designed in the quaint spirit of Mediaeval times, and printed in colors and gold. ..."--advertisement, back cover. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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